Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.

I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.

Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.

Roots can live without branches, although truncated; branches cannot live without roots.

There are few situations in life that cannot be resolved promptly, and to the satisfaction of all concerned, by either suicide, a bag of gold, or thrusting a despised antagonist over a precipice on a dark night